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Event Videos — Literary Lights

Literary Lights: The Prospectors

Literary Lights: The Prospectors

Selected by Barnes & Noble as their book-of-the-month for October 2023, Ariel Djanikian’s newly-released The Prospectors is a sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival and greed across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush.

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Literary Lights: All the Ways We Lied

Literary Lights: All the Ways We Lied

Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the IALA, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series features new works of literature by Armenian authors. Each event—held online—will feature a writer reading from their work, followed by a discussion with an interviewer and audience members.

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Literary Lights: American Wildflowers with Dr. Susan Barba

Literary Lights: American Wildflowers with Dr. Susan Barba

In the spirit of the season, Literary Lights featured Susan Barba, editor of American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide. Barba will be joined by Dr. Jesse S. Arlen.

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Literary Lights: We Are All Armenian ~ Part II

Literary Lights: We Are All Armenian ~ Part II

We Are All Armenian is a groundbreaking collection of personal essays–by established and emerging Armenian voices–exploring the multilayered realities of life in the Armenian diaspora.

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Literary Lights: Featuring A Book, Untitled by Deanna Cachoian-Schanz

Literary Lights: Featuring A Book, Untitled by Deanna Cachoian-Schanz

A Book, Untitled unfolds an imagined encounter between two early twentieth-century feminist writers, Zabel Yesayan and Shushanik Kurghinian, juxtaposed with a conversation between the author and a friend. Learn more about the book here: bit.ly/3X4e8ZC

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